Cash-recorder



No. 6|s,o35. y Patenten 1an. i7, |899.

I A. c.' HuuGH.

CASH RECURDER.

' (Application Bled Har. 16, 1898,) (No Nudel.) 3 sheets-snee: l.

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CASH RECORDER'.

(Application led Mar. 16, 1898.)

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N0. 6|8,035. Patented lan. I7, |899. 'A. C. HUGH.

CASH RECORDER. Y

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-- AZEL o.noueitor'soU'rnfBUTLER,NEW'vonn,Assionon Torun ngoncn CASH RECORDERCOMPANY, QF vTNDAN- ORCHARD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CASH-RECORDER.

srncrrrcnfrroiv 'forming pm of Lettersrratent No. eiegoss, dated January17, 189e. Appncaion ined nach is, 189s. seria No. 74,-o52. (no man.)

To aZZ whom, it iii/ty concern: feeding mechanism. Fig. 9 isya detail`of a Be it known that I, A ZEL C. IIOU'GH, of pawl-earrierand ratchetcooperating with the South Butler, county of Vayne, State of New feedingmechanism. Fig. l0 is a detail show;4 York,haveinvented an ImprovementinCashing part of the drum, the pawl for actuating 5 Recorders,of wl fchthe following description, t it, and the means for feeding the-carbonstrip: 55

in eonnec ings, is a specification, like letters andnumerhe easingorframe A; thedrawer C thereals on the drawings representing likeparts.. in; the lid or cover i3, suitably hinged to the This inventionhas for its object to improve casing at one end ;v the bolt J forlocking the 1o cash-recorders whereby as each sale is made drawer, itbeing under the control of an 'arm' 6o and recorded there willbeldelivered automat- K; a rocking frame, Il, controlled as to itsically a ticket or check showing the amount of -movement throughsuitable finger-keys E,

the sale and the card of thev .person or .firm which, if manipulatedproperly, enable the.

carrying on the business, the delivery of this salesman by pushing onthe bolt t to swing* 15 ticket or cheek to the customerenablinghiln theframe H to the left, viewing Fig. 2, to-`65 to see the entry which-hasjust been made by thereby cause its pawll to engage and aetuthe clerkwith relation to his purchase. ate a ratchet-tooth wheel attached to adrum I have chosen to show`my improvements vD, upon which thesales-strip is wound as lit, embodied withacash--reeorderof the classrepis being used, said ratchet-wheel being prezo resented in UnitedStates Patent No. 534,795, vented from moving backwardly by reason ofl7o dated February 26, 1895,. In that patent the 'a suitable detent d;the lever @adapted to sales-entry is made on a movable sales-striphaveitsshort armdepressed bypressure of the being wound on a drum, thepencil of' the hand of the salesman on the plate M, suitably salesmandirectly 'marking the sales-strip; l hinged orpivoted upon the top ofthe lid at m',

z5 but herein l have provided the machine with, the said plate M havinga slit, as fm, parallel 7 5 a carbon or other blackL tape or web, overwith the edge of aspringlplate fm2, said spring vwhich the sales-stripisfed, the ticketor cheek normally bearing upon the top of the salesstrpbeing fed under the said carbon tape strip as the same is being fedthrough' the or web and being movable, preferably, tra'nsmachine; theuprights mfmf, supporting suit-' v 3o v'eiselytto said sales-strip, thesaid ticket or able pointed journals to sustain the roll of 8o cheekstrip showing on it the entry made by lpaperfurnishing the sales=stripand marked the clerk on the sales-strip, the ticket orcheck 3X; and thealarm mechanism,A (marked E,)

strip being fed intermittingly after each sale which' is actuatedwhenever' an unauthorized I and cut or torn oit after each entry orsale' person in attempting to open the drawerk I 35' and handed to thecustomer. should fail to manipulate the proper inger- 85 Figure l. is atop or plan view of a eash-rekeys; the metallic plate Q', secured to theeerder embodying my invention. Fig.-2 is a under side of the cover andhaving pivoted longitudinal section in the line ,l `ig'. b. Fig. to itsend anotched or ratchet-tooth pawl S,

23 is a top or plan view of the recorder, the lid said pawl cooperatingwith a pin or projec- I o or cover being removed and the sales-stription of the lever Q, are and inaybe all sub- 9`o being broken oii toshow the carbon or other stantially as fully shown and described in webunder it crossing the ticket or check an earlier patent granted to me,lNo 534,795', strip. Fig. 4 is a section of Fig, 3 in the line datedFebruary 2G, l89 5,`andinapending apa". Fig.' 5 is an enlarged detail ofthe printplication, Serial No. 667,412, l'ed January 4 5 ing mechanismcooperating with the ticket 21, 1808. The finger-keys E are the same as95 or check strip. Fig. (i is an enlarged detail in United States`Patent No. 486,1 O7dated lof the feeding mechanism coopera-ting withNovember l5, 1892. y the ticket or check strip. Figs.y 7 and v8 are 'Toadapt the apparatus substantially such details of theratchet mechanismforoperating as hereinbefore referred to to delivering a 5o the printingmechanism' in unison with the ticket or check having recorded upon itthe roo tion with the accompanying draw- Fig ll is a detail in thesection fc3, Fig. l0.

sale just made by the salesman, I have added to thehereinbefore-described apparatns'the mechanism which will now bedescribed.

I have erected upon the usual plate or platioxirn' A an upright or stando, it constitutingp said rolls.

The journal oi the roll o4 has bevehgear n?, which is engaged and drivenby abevelgear o, fast on a short sleeve d, having iixedupon itaratchetwvheel al, said sleeve'snr rounding the upper end of a shaft et,having attached to it a circular disk or paivl carrier al?, providedwith a pawi om, acted upon by a spring d,

The shaft al, carrying the disk cr pawl carrier al?, is stepped in asuitable bearing am (sce Fig. 2) and provided with a pinion a, 'it alsocarrying near said paWi-carrier a bevel-pinion a The pinion L17 isengaged by the teeth of rack-bar alf", itted to slide in suitablegnideways d20, attached to the inner side of the casing A, (see Fig. 4,)said rack bar having at its inner end a snita-ble'projeetion or heel a,which is extended downwardly, said heel being struck by a plate orprojection (L22, attached to and carried by the drawer, said platemeeting said heel and drawing the rack inwardly as the drawer is beingclosed, the inward movement of said rack in enga gement with the teethof the pinion a rotating the shaft U15, and with it the pawl-carrier am,having the pawl am, causing said pawl in engagement with the ratchet ci?to turn the sleeve a, and with it the bevelgenre, and 'actuate thefeeding-wheels n3 and a4 to feed the ticket or check strip between saidrolls, said strip having been previously marked with the sale just made.

During the operation of closing the drawer the bevel-pinion nengages androtates a bevel-pinion 7J, fast on the end of a shaft b',

` supported in suitable bearings 52213, said shaft being extendedloosely through a sleeve having at one end a bevel-pinion b* and at itsopposite end a disk or plate h4, provided with -a pawl h5, acted upon bya suitable spring h6,

said shaft outside of said disk having fast on it acarn if, having anotch 715, the bevel-pinionl h" engaging a bevel-gear L, fast on theshaftr of a type cylinder or wheel b. ItV will of course be understoodthat the type lmay oe changed to indicate any desired words or businessor firm 'owning the cash-recorder. This type-carrying cylinder hasattached to it firmly at its opposite end a pinion 67, Which engagesa'pinion 0S, (see Fig. 5,) attached to a bed-roll h", (see dotted lines,Fig. 4,) which supports' the ticket or check strip referred to, saidcheck-strip, in the form of a roll, being mounted on a suitable axle bm,supported 'shown in Fig. i1.

in a shield bl?, connected to and extended from the framework of themachine. The type in this present instance is supposed to bc inked by ahand appliance, and the ink is properly laid by or through the action ofa roll c, (shown chiefly by dott-ed lines in Fig. land tnlllines in Fig.3,) the journals ol said roll beingacted upon by a snit-able spring, asagainst the type-cylinder.

The ticket or ehe-ci; strip passes undcrr-niitable rolls $2 and si,which in a measure act as guide-rolls, 'the roll il preventing theprinted strip from rising and coming in nont-art a scc- Vond time withthe typo-cylinder.

Frein the foregoing it will be nnderstooifl that when the draive" iscit-sed the feed-rolls and the print' cylinder are both movedsimultaneously,the printingrylinder printing Upon the strip the legendrequired-vit., the naine of the hrm and class et business or goods,ibc--ieaving a suitable space in receive the market the salesman toindicato the anionnt of the sale.

tl`he. stroke imparted to the drawer and the motion imparted to theshaft/a and the printing-cylinder are sov proportioned that the to pressit printed portions 'will always come properly` under -the carbon orother ribbon d', which overlaps the guide shelf or support d' and thestrip a?, lying thereon, so that the pencil of the salesman, whenwriting upon the salesstrip EX to indicate the amount the sale, Will,through the carbon` marl: the ticliet or check strip in a like ina-nner,the feed of the check-strip always being ,inst enough to leave a' ticketor check showing the sale ljust made protruding beyond the feed-rollsall ready to be torn oit and delivered to the customer, as

The carbon ribbon d is laken from a suit-- able roii or cylinder, as d,sustained in suit able bars d3, two of said bars beingarrztnged parallelto each other, and said ribbon is Wound npon a suitable shai't or rollerdl, also supported between said bars, said roll r hay4 ing fast on it aratchet-tooth wheel d, (see Figs. l0 and 11,) which is engaged by a pawl(ZG, carried bya paivl-earrierd^`, shown as a lever having its hubmounted upon `the end of the said shaft di, the 'pawl-carrier beingretained in position en said end by ineans o a washer G and a screw 'T'.The pawlcarrier has a little lip or linger which is extended down to oneside of the dru11i-actuating pawl H', and said drum-actintting pawl hasa lump or cam 10, which, whenever the pawl il is moved to turn the drum,acts upon the pawl carrier (Z7 and lifts it, causing its pawl d, inengagementwith the ratchet-wheelfiltro move the said shaft d, and sogradually and slowly wind upon it the carbon ribbon dl, taking it fromthe roll d2. The detent d coperaties with said ratchet-wheel to preventany retrograde movement. Then the drawer is closed and the ticket oroheelr strip has been fed through ready to be torn olii, a printedporltion. of said printed or check strip is left in IIC propel' positionunder the carbon ribbon, so that the pencil of the operator, insertedthrough the slot m,'may make a mark upon said strip between the wordsCash check and, say, the words Bought of. (See Fig. 2.)

When the proper finger-keys E of the ap` paratus have been depressed sothat'the operator by his thumbwnvthelfrodk isf-reeV to rack-bar a ispushed backby or through the contact of the drawer with the heel 121,and` at the Sametime the strong spiral spring f 3 is.

stretched, and consequently when thedrawer is started outwardly byitsspring the spiral sprin gf 3 act-s on the rackand causes it to followthe drawer, the said rack during the outward movement ofthe drawerturning the shaft a and its attached disk or pawl-.carrier and pawl, thelatter revolving or clicking around vthe teeth vof the ratchetao,leaving"the'shaft a, however, at rest. During this rotation of theshaft a15 by the opening drawer the rod or `shaft b is also rotated byor through the bevel-gears a and b,- but at such time the shaft b turnsloosely in the sleeve carrying thevbevel-gear b, and the plate h4 andthe cam h7 turns under the pawl h5 in the direction of the arrow on saidcam,-(see Fig. 7,) and conseqnently the disk h* and the pawl and thebevel-gear remain at rest and the type-cylinder is not moved'; but asthe drawer is being closed, or as"sloon as the projection a, carried bythe drawer, meets the heel am, the drawer being then partially closed,the motion of the shaft b is started, butin the opposite direction, sothat the shoulder hs of the cam immediately meets the point of the pawlh5, and thereafter the disk hs, .plate h4, and the bevel-gear b4 aremoved with the shaft b', and the printing-cylinder and feeding-rolls a?a are -rotated for the proper distance. Herein. the pointed journal orbearing n, entering the roll of paper forming the salesstrip, (see theleft-hand side of theroll vin Fig. 3,) is represented'as carried by arod n', mounted in an elbow-lever H29, substantially such as describedin my application, Serial No. 534,795, dated February 26, 1897, saidelbow-lever having cooperating with it a suitable ratchet, as n4, (seeFig. 2,) the action of which is fully described in said application.

So far as I am aware I am the first to employ in a sales-recorder usinga sales-strip which is operated automatically by the movement of thedrawerafter the same has been unlocked a ticket or check strip, thelatter being arranged transversely with relation to the'sales-strip andbeing operated automatically during a movement of the drawer, so thatblank spaces of the ticket or check strip may be always kept in properrelation to the blank spaces of the sales-stri p when an entry is to bemade through the intervention of a suitable carbon or other ribbon.

This invention is notlimited' to the exact construction shown for theautomatic feeding mechanism for the ticket check strip or to the exactmeans for actuating the same so long as the said actuating means -isunder the control of the drawer in its movements.

It will be understood that the feeding mechanism for the ticket or checkstrip must have imparted to it a 'uniform feed movement in order that aprinted part of the strip may always4 be put and left in the properposition under the carbon ribbon, so that the entry made by the salesmanon the sales-strip may appear properly on the check-strip at the properpoint, and it will also be remembered that the ticket or check strip ismoved by the closing of the drawer. Now to insure this like movement ofthe ticket or check strip each time thatthe drawer is closed the drawermust always be opened to a certain point before it can be again closed,so that the `proper extent of closing movement may be had to properly'actuate the ticket or check strip mechanism. rTo provide for this, Ihave addedto the rack-bar au a toothed block nand on .the uidewaya.20 Ihave provided a lockingpawl n it being pivoted and free to swing betweentwo stops t, one at each side, as shown bestinFi 2.Thepawlnnormallyhangsnear the frongend of the block n2 when the draweris fully closed and locked. As the drawer is opened the block n2 meetsand lifts the lpawl n3, S0 that said pawl rides with its point on thetooth at the top ofthe block, and consequently the drawer cannot beclosed-until aft-er the block n2 has passed fully beyond the said pawl.As the drawer is closed after hat"- ing been opened to put into it thevcash of a sale, the inner end of the block n2 again meets the pawl n3,but this time at its opposite side, lifting the pawl and again puttingthe toothed top of the block n2 so that should the operator open thedrawer the rack a could not pull or draw under the action of the springf3. In thisfway it will be understood that the drawer must be fuilyclosed and the projection (L22 thereon must have, through the heel (L21,moved the rack n.19 fully to the left before the rack-it having beenstarted tothe left, Fig. 2, by the drawer-can be again moved to theright by the spring f When the drawer has lbeen fully closed., the block'n.2 passes from under the pawl n3, letting it again drop, as in Fig. 2.)Nere it not for this block and pawl irregular movements might be givento the ticket or check strip which would thoroughly disorganize theoperation of the cash-recorder.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

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l. In a sales-recorder, a drawer, locking means to hold the said drawerclosed, a spring to open the drawer, when the lookin g means has beenactuated, means to control and move a sales-strip on the opening of thedrawer, means to sustain a ticket or check strip, a carbon sheet or web,and automatic means to move said ticket or check strip transversely withrelation to said sales-strip, whereby a blank portion of said ticketorcheck strip may be insured opposite a blank portion of vsaidsales-strip preparatory to making an entry thereon, in order that thesalesman when making an entry on the sales-strip may duplicate the entryupon the ticket or check strip,`

the latter being delivered from the recorder, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a sales-recorder, a case having a movable drawer, means tocontrol. and feed a salesstrip preparatory to openin g said drawer, andindependent means operated by said drawer to thereafter automaticallycontrol andvfeet a ticket or check strip transversely to saidsales-stripI substantially as described.

3. In a sales-recorder, means to sustain and feed a sales-strip, meansAto support and feed4 aticket or check strip transversely with relationto said sales-stri p, feeding-rolls to grip said ticket or check strip,a drawer, and automatically-operated means controlled as to its actionby said drawer to automatically start said rolls into operation to feedsaidy ticket or check stri p transversely to said salesstrip,substantially as described. I

Ll. in a sales-recorder, means to sustain and feed .a sales-strip, adrawer, means controlled by the opening of said drawer to actuate saidsales-strip, means to supporta ticket or check strip, two sets offeediiig-rolls to grip said ticket or check strip at opposite edges ofsaid sales-strip, automatically operated means under the control of saiddrawer to start said feeding-rolls into operation to feed said ticket orcheck strip transversely to said feed-strip, substantially as described.

5. In a salesrecorder, the following instrumenta-lities, viz: a drawer,means to lock the same, means to control and feed a sales-strip when thesaid drawer is unlocked and being opened, means to sustain and feed aticket or check strip transversely to said sales-strip, means toautomatically feed said ticket or check strip transversely to 'saidsales-strip, and a 'printing mechanism to print said ticket or checkstrip intermittingly, the said print-V ing mechanism and feedingmechanism for the check-strip being controlled as to their time ot'operation by the drawer, substantially as described.

f3. In a sales-recorder, means to support and feed a sales-strip; meansto support and feed a check-strip, and means to support a carbon sheetor web, combined with means to actuate said check-strip, a drawer, andmeans intermediate said drawer and the means for actuating thecheck-strip to feed the latter transversely with relation to themovement of the sales-strip, substantially as described.

7. ln a sales-recorder, inea-ns to control and feed a sales-strip; andmeans to control and feed ticket or check strip; combined with a drawer;a rack adapted to be actuated by the closing ofthe drawer; and meansintermediate said rack and the feeding mechanism for said ticket orcheck strip to feed the latter as the drawer is being closed,substantially as described.

S. In a Salesrecorder, means to control and feed a sales-strip; means tocontrol and feed a ticket or check strip; and a printing mechanism toprint upon said ticket or check strip; combined with a drawer and rackadapted to be moved in one direction by the closing of said drawer; andmeans intermediate said rack and said ticket or check strip; feedingmechanism and printing mechanism to effect the movement of said ticketor check strip mechanism and said printing mechanism while the drawer isbeing closed, substan tially described.

9. In a sales-recorder, means to support a ticket' or check strip, meansto feed said strip transversely with relation to a 'sales-strip; adrawer; a rack moved by saidl drawer as the latter is being closed; a'spring to move said rack when the drawer is being opened, and meansintermediate said rack and said ticket or check strip feeding mechanismto operate -the' same to feed the said ticketorcheck strip only when thedrawer is being closed, substantially as described. y

l0. In a sales-recorder, means to support a ticket or check strip; meansto feed said strip transversely with relation `t0 a sales-strip; aprinting mechanism; a drawer; a rack moved by said drawer as the latteris being closed; a spring to move said rack when the drawer is beingopened; and means intermediate said rack and said ticket or check stripfeeding mechanism to operate the same to feed the said ticket or checkstrip only when the drawer is being closed, and means intermediste themeans for actuating the feeding mechanism when the drawer is beingclosed and the said feeding mechanism, to turn the printing mechanism asthe drawer is being closed, substantially as described.

1l. In a salesaecorder, a. support for a ticket or check strip; a drumto receive upon it a sales-strip; a pawl having a cam projection; meansto operate said pawl to turn said drum; a carbon ribbon or sheet, meansto sustain and move said carbon ribbon or sheet with relation to said`ticket orchcck strip, and a pawl, controlled by the cam for actuatingthe said drum to wind the said carbon IOO ribbon as the same is beingused, nubstan-l .tially as described.

l2. The upright shaft a having a bevelgear and a pinion; a rack underthe control of a drawer and engaging said pinion to move said shaft; aprinting device having a bevelf gear and cross-shaft fast upon it; abevelgear in engagement with the said upright shaft having lixed to itanotched plate; combined with a sleeve through which said crossshaft 'isextended, said sleeve having a pawlcarrier and pawl adapted to beengaged by the said notched plate, the gear on said sleeve engaging asuitable gearing for actuating the printing mechanism, substantially asdescribed.

13. In a casu-recording'mechanisni',^a^eed1 ing mechanism to feed aticket or cheek strip, a drawer; a rack actuated in one direction bysaid drawer and in the opposite direction by a spring; meansintermediate said rack and said ticket 'or check strip having mechanismto actuate `the same vas the drawer is closed; combined with a toothedblock and a pawl,

said pawl coperating therewith to restrain the closing of the draweruntil after the latter has been opened to a predetermined position andthereafter restraining the backward movement of the rack, until aftersaid drawer shall have been fully closed, wherebya defi- "to operatesaid'ticket or check strip and feedn rolls, and means intermediate saiddrawer and the means for feeding the check-strip to aotuate thecheck-strip-feeding mechanism as the drawer is closed, substantially asde scribed.

In testimony whereof -I have signed my name to this specication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

AZEL c. neuen.

Witnesses: I

I-I. P. HANDLEY, F. E. CURTIS.

or check strip, substan-

